In these
passages about children Jesus says, “the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as
these.” and “the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” In fact, Jesus said
in (Mt.18:3)“Truly
I say to you, unless you are converted and become like
children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

Until one
reaches the age of accountability and chooses to sin (Rom.7:9), then they are in a state of rebellion
against God.

The Hebrew and
Greek words translated “transgression” mean “moral, religious, and national
rebellion,” “revolt,” “unrighteousness,” “wickedness,” “violation,” and
“breaking the law.” Notice these are all by choice.

Sin is twofold:

(1) The first category is “outward” sin, or “actual” sin as
we see in the following Scriptures:

These passages
and many others prove that sin is something more than mere outward
transgression of the law.

There is a sin
principle, a real nature and spirit of sin, which is the spirit and nature
of the devil, that is working in every sinner.

“Wherein in time
past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the
prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of
disobedience . . . fulfilling the desires of the flesh
and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as
others” (Eph. 2:1-3);” (Eph. 2:1-3)

1
Sin has lusts:Rom.6:12 therefore do not let sin…

2
Sin has desire: Gen.4:7…sin
is crouching at the door;

and
its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

3
Sin can be a master and is a “someone”:Rom.6:14-16
“For sin shall not…What then?...If I never hear, “Christians don’t have to do
anything to..?!

4
Sin is deceitful:Heb.3:12-14

5
Sin is a spirit: EPH.2:1-2…this
is want we used to be! Walked according to the course…the prince…the spirit…

This spirit of
sin works in man to get him to live contrary to the law of God and the highest
good of his own being and of the universe.

This spirit and
nature of the devil working in men, among various other names, is called: “the
old man” (Rom. 6:6-12; Eph. 4:22-24; Col. 3:5-15); “the lusts of the flesh”
(Eph. 2:3; Gal. 5:19; 1 Jn. 2:15-17); “the body of this
death” (Rom. 7:24); “the lusts of sin” (Rom. 6:11-12); “the law of sin and
death” (Rom. 7:7-25; 8:2); “the carnal mind” (Rom. 8:1-13); “the god of this world”
(2 Cor. 4:4); “in the flesh” (Rom.7:5); “the power of Satan” (Acts 26:18-20) “to open their
eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of
Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an
inheritance among those who are sanctified (made holy) by faith in me.’
19 Therefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: 20
but declared both to them of Damascus first and in Jerusalem, and
throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance (proving
their repentance by their deeds).

Again,
professing Christians need to stop saying…

Again, “Inbred
sin” or “the old man” is the spirit and nature of the devil working
in men of disobedience.

The “old man” is
the opposite of righteousness (Eph. 2:1-3) or “the new man” which is
the Spirit and nature of God working in men of obedience as seen in (Eph.4:20-24) “But you did not so learn
Christ; 21 if indeed you heard him, and were taught in
him, even as truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put away, as concerning your
former manner of life, the old man, which grows corrupt after
the lusts of deceit; 23 and that you be renewed in the spirit of your
mind, 24 and put on the new man, which according to God has been created
in righteousness and holiness of truth.”

This is the new
birth, a creative act of God! (2Cor.5:17)

“Living in the
flesh” - What
is “the Flesh”?

Romans
7:5For
when we were in the flesh,
the sinful passions "which werearoused by the
law wereat work in our members to bear fruit to
death.

“Were ,were,
were”…clearly a past experience for a true Christian!

But we here MANY
professing Christians speak of living in the flesh!

[in the flesh]
Simply meaning living in sin.

The sinful
passions that were working in our members.

The spirit that
works in the sons of disobedience (Eph.2:1-3).

To call the
“flesh” the Adamic nature is unbiblical.

Adam and Eve
still had the same spirit, soul and body after the fall that they had before
the fall.

There was simply
a change of masters: Matthew 6:24

The spirit, soul
and body of a person must be fully consecrated to God as opposed to the devil.

The Christians
“members” are no longer carrying out the sinful passions of the flesh, but they
are now instruments or weapons of righteousness!

Romans
6:13and
do not go on presenting the members of your body to sinasinstruments
(or weapons) of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as
those alive from the dead, and your members asinstruments
(or weapons) of righteousness to God.

You are now a
weapon…when Satan tempts, you say, “Back up…I’m the winner…greater…

Romans 8:8-9So then, those who
are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh
but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if
anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.

This Scripture
clearly states that if you are minding the things of the flesh you prove
that you do not have the Spirit of Christ and therefore do not belong
to Him (1Jn.3:7-10)

The “old man”
then is not some part of the body, soul, or spirit of man, but is the spirit
and nature of the devil working in man the lusts of sin.

The “old man”
could be spelled D–E–V–I–L or S–A–T–A–N, and this will express the truth about
inbred sin as taught in Scripture.

Remember, all
children are born perfectly pure and sinless! (Mk.10:14;
Mt.19:14; Mt.18:3)

Sin entered the
world from an outside source through the malice of the devil (Rom. 5:12-21).

And again, sin
is carried on by the spirit and nature of the Devil working in people of
disobedience! (Eph.2:1-3)

Sin originated
with Satan when he decided by his own power of choice to rebel against God (Isa. 14:12-14).

“How you have
fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!
“But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the
north.14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the
clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.’”

Others chose to
rebel with him and thus, by free choice, transgression of the law of God
became a reality.

Since the Garden
of Eden the devil and rebellious evil spirits have taken advantage of man's
weakness to resist them, thereby controlling the human race.

Before the fall
man had power over the devil and every form of evil, but when man became sinful,
the stronger set of rebels—the spirit beings under Satan's rule—became masters of
the realm of man.

Man can only
obtain power over these spirits again through Jesus Christ, the Gospel and the
armor of God (Mk. 16:17-18; Jn. 1:12; (Eph.6:10-17).

The Universal Effect of Sin

The sin of Adam
had a universal effect—the imposition of death upon all mankind (Rom.5:12) “Therefore, as through one man sin
entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death
passed to all men, because all sinned:”

We see death is
not passed until people choose to sin…“because all sinned”

Men now are not
personally responsible for Adam's sin, but they are responsible for choosing to
remain in sin, following the way of Adam (Jn. 3:16).

Each of us can
renounce sin and get out from under its dominion and curse by repenting of our
sins, placing complete enduring faith in Jesus Christ (Acts 21:20), accepting Jesus Christ as our
personal Savior and by consecrating ourselves to obey God (Rom. 6).

All Men Outside of Christ are Sinful and Depraved

The present
state of those outside of Christ is one of utter depravity—man without God is
polluted and corrupt in all his nature.

We see by the
following Scripture there is sin not unto (spiritual) death and there is
sin unto (spiritual) death:

1
JOHN 5:16-18

16 If anyone
sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask, and He
(God) will give him life for those who commit sin not unto death. There is
sin unto death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

17 All
unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

18 We know
that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has
been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.

(1Jn.3:5-10; 1Jn.5:18, etc.)…two or three
witnesses…So the people who are using the scriptures to justify sinning are
obviously taking them out of context considering these PLAIN references here

John says very
clearly, all sins are not the same in their effect on our souls…sin not to
death…sin to death…

Some sins are
greater than others (Jn. 19:11).

One type is
eternal (Mk. 3:29), while others are
not.

Another type of
sin is uniquely against our bodies, while other sins are outside our bodies (1 Cor. 6:18). James
4:17declares that whoever knows to
do right but does not do it, to him it is sin.

Again, 1 Jn. 5:16declares
there is sin not to death while there is sin to death.

Things like
worry (Php. 4:6,7), and not being
completely humble and gentle (Eph. 4:2),
are not listed in any list of sins that will damn.

The death
penalty sins certainly will send any person to hell if they die unrepentant,
even a person who was once saved.

A general list
of these sins in the words of Scripture and the eternal consequences for
committing them are: idle words....By your words you shall be condemned" (Matt. 12:36-37); evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, an
evil eye, blasphemies, pride, foolishness, and bearing false
witness...."These are the things which defile a man" (Matt. 15:17-20; Mark 7:19-23); uncleanness,
lusts, making God a liar, idolatry, vile affections, a reprobate mind,
unrighteousness, wickedness, envy, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness, gossips,
backbiters, hating God; being despiteful, violent, proud, boastful, inventors
of evil things, without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
affection, calloused, and unmerciful...."They which commit such things are
worthy of death. . . But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to
truth against them which commit such things" (Rom.
1:24-32; 2:1,2); being effeminate, sodomites, homosexuals, revilers,
and extortioners...."Do you not know that the unrighteous shall not
inherit the kingdom of God?" (1 Cor. 6:9-11);
biting and devouring others, witchcraft, hatred, contentions, jealousies, wrath,
strife, selfish ambitions, heresies, envyings, drunkenness, carousing, and such
like..."They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of
God" (Gal. 5:15-21); lying, corrupt
words, bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, evil speaking, and unforgiveness;
filthiness, foolish talking, coarse joking, sexually immoral ...... " For
this you know, that no sexually immoral or impure person, or one who is greedy,
who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of
God." (Eph. 4:25 - 5:6); resisting
the Holy Spirit (Acts 7:51) “You stiff
necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears”; fornication, uncleanness, lust,
evil desire, and covetousness, anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking
......" Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons
of disobedience" (Col. 3:5-9);
lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to
parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips,
without self-control, brutal, haters of good,treacherous,
reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,holding
to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power, leading others
into sin, faithlessness, and being evil (2 Tim.
3:1-13); We also were once foolish, disobedient,
deceived, serving various desires and pleasures, living in evil and envy,
filled with hatred and hating each other, (Titus
3:1-3); showing favoritism (James 2:9-12);
DESIRING to be a friend of the world (James 4:4;
Luke 17:32,33); living in ungodliness, anarchy, presumption,
selfwill, and rebellion (2 Pet. 2:9-22);
being lovers of the world and of the things of the world (1 John 2:15-17); dreamers that defile the flesh,
sowers of discord, terrible words, murmurers, complainers, and mockers (Jude 8-19); seducers (Rev.
2:20); devil worshippers, sorcerers (Rev.
9:20-21); cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake
of fire" (Rev. 21:8); and taking
from and adding to the Word of God (Rev. 22:18-19).

There are many
statements in the above lists of sins that plainly say that people who commit
such things and who die in these sins will be lost. Let the Bible itself prove
this!

Are Bad Habits and Worldly Pleasures Sin?

Worldly
pleasures that do not make one spiritual, morally pure, physically clean, or
more godly and consecrated to the highest good of all is sinful.

Mrs. Wesley gave
her children a good rule or test whereby they could know the lawfulness or
unlawfulness of a pleasure.

It was,
“Whatever impairs the tenderness of your conscience, weakens your reason,
obscures your sense of God, or dulls your deep desire for spiritual things;
whatever increases the authority of your body over your mind and will, that
thing to you is sin.”

The Bible says,
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love
the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world is passing
away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God abides forever” (1 Jn. 2:15-17);

“Do you not know
that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore wishes
to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (Jas. 4:4);

“And be not
conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that
you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Rom. 12:1-2).

You may be as
lost as a goat…but when you read Matthew, Mark…and all the letters…it will
transform your bulldog disposition into the nature of the Son of God!

HalleluYah! Be
transformed by the…!

Scripture
indicates that we are to live our lives very differently from those who don't
follow Christ: “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it
hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own: but
because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hates you . . .The servant is not greater than his
Lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they
have kept my word, they will keep yours also. But these things
will they do unto you for my name's sake' because they know not him that sent
me” (Jn. 15:18-21);

“The world has
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world” (Jn. 17:14-16).

Questions that
demand an answer:

Can anyone argue
scripturally and with a clear conscience that worldly pleasures are of God?

Can any claim
that they make one spiritual, Christ–like, godly, morally pure, physically
better, and the best example for Christians to set before sinners?

Can anyone claim
that they are definitely of God and helpful in any way to the Christian life?

Has anyone ever
been saved through any of them?

How many
hundreds of thousands of sinners stumble daily over church members who indulge
in sin?

What can such
acts be called but lusts of the flesh, lusts of the eyes, and the pride of
life?

One only has to
look at the lives of godly and consecrated people of God to see the difference
between Christian virtues that draw us toward God and worldly pleasures that
draw us away.

Why do church
members who indulge in worldly pleasures have to always explain and
apologize to sinners and real Christians for indulging in such practices?

Why do not such
church members pray the blessing of God upon such practices when they do them?

Why do they feel
so condemned for doing such things?

Why do many of
them seek to hide such practices from real Christians?

Why do many of
them always want to know whether such practices are sinful or not?

On the other hand,
no such questions are ever raised about whether it is wrong to read the Bible, pray,
go to church, serve God, and do godly things.

Why is it that
men who are really saved from their sins and become new creatures have perfect
freedom from these habits? Why does God deliver these people from such things
if they were godly habits?

Why do sinners
expect men to be saved from such things when they become Christians?

Why do real
Christians take up such habits again when they backslide?

We all know the
answers to these questions, just as we know that such pleasures are sinful and
unbecoming to Christians and will indeed send one to hell in the end.

If the world
cannot tell the difference between a professing Christian and sinners, what did
you get saved from?

Certainly not
sin and therefore hell!

Therefore, let
us all get saved from such habits!

Worldly Pleasures in Churches are Schools of Crime

When children
see the world in the churches they are many times turned against Christianity
and go into the world when they leave home.

Testimony of a
man: I was one of those that rejected Christ for years because of these
conditions, and things are infinitely worse in churches today than when I was a
boy.

I was brought up
in a nice, dignified church where I saw church members participating in
activities that were not appropriate for followers of Christ.

Many is the time
I said, “If that is Christianity, I do not want it.” I saw my friends join
church, get baptized, and formally accept Christ.

I never would
join the church. I first wanted to see if religion changed my friends.

When I saw them
live as they did before, I turned from such hypocrisy and sham and rejected the
church for years, until I saw real Christianity in practice.

Then I was not
long in getting saved from my sins. Sinners are hungry for real Christianity
and they will soon accept Christ if men live Christian lives before them.

Jesus mission
was to save…(Mt.1:21) So, if your not
saved from your sins…Folks, sin is the enemy of the human race!

And when you
truly see this absolute fact, receive it as fact, you will hate it like God
does!